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Windows 98 editions of five 1980s Namco arcade games on CD-ROM: Rally-X (1980), Ms. Pac-Man (1981), Xevious (1982), Mappy (1983), Motos (1985). Platform Windows Released 1998 Published by Microsoft Corporation Perspective 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down Vehicular Flight / Aviation Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Platform, Shooter Description This set of games, the third in Microsoft's (video) "Arcade" series, features emulations of five Namco games: Mappy Motos Ms....
Topic: Windows 98 CD-ROM
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From the Festival Floppies collection. A Oriental Game of Skill and Chance, A game just like Mahjong. Platform Windows 3.x Released 1990 Published by Microsoft Corporation Perspective Top-down Pacing Meditative / Zen Genre Puzzle Gameplay Cards / Tiles, Tile Matching Puzzle Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description A popular Mahjongg adaptation, Taipei has the player attempting to find matches between the Oriental-motif patterns printed atop "free" (generally: exposed, on corners) tiles...
Topics: taiper, game, oriental
Developed by Microsoft Corporation Platform DOS Published by Microsoft Corporation Released Apr, 1991 Genre Compilation Description MS-DOS 5 was a major update for Microsoft's command-line operating system. Among other changes was a new BASIC variant -- gone were the days of the bundled BASICA, GW-BASIC or QuickBasic interpreters. Now users had QBasic to play with. In addition to two utilities ( RemLine and Money Manager ), it included two sample games: QBasic Nibbles and QBasic Gorillas ....
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Jul 2, 2015
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Atomic Games
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Top-down strategy game for Windows 95, set in World War II Normandy. Developed by Atomic Games, Inc. Released 1996 Also For Macintosh Published by Microsoft Corporation ESRB Rating Kids to Adults Pacing Real-Time Genre Strategy/Tactics Setting Historical Events, World War II Perspective Top-down Gameplay Wargame Interface Multiple Units/Characters Control Description Close Combat is the first installment of Microsoft's Close Combat series that bases its power more on a strategy, then on...
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Topic: Windows 95 CD-ROM
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Mar 9, 2015
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Scholastic
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Educational CD-ROM game for children. For Windows 3.1. Developed by Music Pen Released 1994 Also For Macintosh Published by Microsoft Corporation Educational Health / Nutrition, Science Perspective 3rd-person (Other) Genre Educational Misc Licensed Description In this second Magic School Bus game based on the educational book series from Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen, Ms. Frizzle and her class take a trip inside classmate Arnold's body. From Arnold's head to his toe, the group travels through...
Topic: Windows 3.1 CD-ROM
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Mar 21, 2015
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Byron Preiss Multimedia
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Interactive CD-ROM for Windows 3.1. User Manual: https://archive.org/details/cdrombook-ultimatehauntedhouse Developed by Brooklyn Multimedia Released 1994 Also For Macintosh Published by Microsoft Corporation Perspective 1st-person Narrative Horror Genre Adventure Misc Licensed Gameplay Puzzle elements Description You have been locked in the haunted house and you have 13 hours to escape, and the only way you can escape, is by collecting all 13 keys. Or you will be trapped in the house forever....
Topics: Windows 3.1 CD-ROM, Multimedia CD-ROM
Developed by Microsoft Corporation Platform DOS Published by Microsoft Corporation Released 1989 Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Perspective Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Certain versions of the Microsoft Mouse driver for DOS came bundled with a game called Boa (included alongside such utilities as Paintbrush and Mouse Menus). Boa takes the familiar premise of Snake games and turns it on its tail: the player is now the food, trying its best not to be consumed by an always-moving,...
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Terminal Reality
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Racing game for Windows 95. Developed by Terminal Reality, Inc. Released Oct 03, 1996 Platform Windows Published by Microsoft Corporation ESRB Rating Kids to Adults Vehicular Off-roading Genre Racing / Driving Perspective 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) Description Microsoft moved beyond Minesweeper and other windowed games after publishing Windows 95, and this was one of their first games, and one of the first to natively support Direct3D. The chaotic world of Monster Truck racing, with its...
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Topic: Windows 95 CD-ROM
Developed by Microsoft Corporation Platform DOS Published by Microsoft Corporation Released Apr, 1991 Genre Compilation Description MS-DOS 5 was a major update for Microsoft's command-line operating system. Among other changes was a new BASIC variant -- gone were the days of the bundled BASICA, GW-BASIC or QuickBasic interpreters. Now users had QBasic to play with. In addition to two utilities ( RemLine and Money Manager ), it included two sample games: QBasic Nibbles and QBasic Gorillas ....
Platform Windows 3.x Released 1992 Published by Microsoft Corporation Perspective Top-down Genre Action, Puzzle Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Borrowing certain gameplay conventions from Qix , JezzBall presents another scenario forcing the player to divide and conquer a 2D playfield by whittling away slivers of it until it is at only 25% (or less) of its original size. The complicating factor here are balls, more with every level, bouncing off the edges of the continuous...
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Developed by subLOGIC Platform DOS Published by Microsoft Corporation Released 1988 Genre Simulation Gameplay Vehicle Simulator Perspective 1st-person Vehicular Flight / Aviation Description A flight simulator featuring three different planes, over 100 different airports and maps for major U.S. cities. Microsoft Flight Simulator also includes formation flying, a NAV system and a few other bells and whistles. From Mobygames.com. Original Entry
Developed by Brooklyn Multimedia Released 1994 Platforms Macintosh, Windows 3.x Published by Microsoft Corporation Perspective 1st-person Narrative Horror Genre Adventure Misc Licensed Gameplay Puzzle elements Description You have been locked in the haunted house and you have 13 hours to escape, and the only way you can escape, is by collecting all 13 keys. Or you will be trapped in the house forever. You must explore all the rooms and meet monsters and give them 1 of 50 items, in exchange for...
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Platform Windows 3.x Released 1990 Published by Microsoft Corporation Perspective Top-down Pacing Meditative / Zen Genre Puzzle Gameplay Cards / Tiles, Tile Matching Puzzle Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description A popular Mahjongg adaptation, Taipei has the player attempting to find matches between the Oriental-motif patterns printed atop "free" (generally: exposed, on corners) tiles in various layered formations. Matched pairs disappear, yielding different free tiles and further...
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Jewel case inlay booklet for the Microsoft Home/Byron Preiss Multimedia CD-ROM. Developed by Brooklyn Multimedia Released 1994 Also For Macintosh Published by Microsoft Corporation Perspective 1st-person Narrative Horror Genre Adventure Misc Licensed Gameplay Puzzle elements Description You have been locked in the haunted house and you have 13 hours to escape, and the only way you can escape, is by collecting all 13 keys. Or you will be trapped in the house forever. You must explore all the...
Topic: CD-ROM booklet
Platforms DOS, PC-98 Developed by Bruce Artwick Organization Ltd., The Published by Microsoft Corporation Released 1993 Genre Simulation Vehicular Flight / Aviation Description The fifth take on the Flight Simulator series. This version added SVGA graphics, textures in certain areas, sound card support, and two new flight areas, Paris and Munich. This was the final DOS-only release. From Mobygames.com. Original Entry
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Platform Windows 3.x Released 1991 Published by Microsoft Corporation Perspective Top-down Pacing Real-Time Genre Action, Strategy/Tactics Description Very much a snake game , Rattler Race adds a few twists to the long-held conventions of the genre (those being: you guide a snake from a top-down perspective, always in forward motion; it eats its targets and grows in length, but dies should it collide with any obstacles): in addition to a competing snake foiling your routes, a ball bounces...
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Platform Windows 3.x Released 1991 Published by Microsoft Corporation Pacing Real-Time Genre Puzzle Gameplay Cards / Tiles, Tile Matching Puzzle Perspective Top-down Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Point and Select Description On the left, a blank 2D grid, defaulting to 3x3. On the right, an array of tiles, each bearing numbers in all four (hence Tetra) compass directions. Your goal? To place every tile in a location on the grid such that each of its numbered faces matches with the...
Software Library: MS-DOS Games
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Also For PC-98 Developed by Bruce Artwick Organization Ltd., The Published by Microsoft Corporation Released 1994 Genre Educational, Simulation Gameplay Vehicle Simulator Perspective 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) Educational Science Vehicular Space Flight Description In the grand tradition of Microsoft's Flight Simulator series , Space Simulator takes you on a journey through the Milky Way--and even beyond it, if you're adventurous and have a lot of time to kill. Developed by the same company...
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Also For Macintosh, PC-98 Developed by Bruce Artwick Organization Ltd., The Published by Microsoft Corporation Released 1989 Genre Simulation Gameplay Vehicle Simulator Perspective 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) Vehicular Flight / Aviation Description Version 4 of Flight Simulator was released just 15 months after version 3 . The changes include: Makeshift airplane designer, which allowed for wing adjustments and weight, speed, and color changes. New aircraft: Sailplane Random weather patterns...
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Sports game for Windows 3.1. Developed by Access Software, Inc. Released 1992 Platform Windows 3.x Published by Microsoft Corporation Perspective Behind view Genre Sports Sport Golf Description Microsoft's first golf simulation, already built on Access' Links engine, and fully compatible with its courses. The game, which brings Windows 3.x support for the popular Links series, is a detailed simulation, allowing the player to enjoy the official PGA Torrey Pines Golf Course. Includes many...
Topic: Windows 3.1 CD-ROM
Developed by Assembly Line, The Released 1991 Also For Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Arcade, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, Electron, Game Boy, Macintosh, NES, PC-88, PC-98, SAM Coupé, Sharp X68000, SNES, ZX Spectrum Published by Microsoft Corporation Pacing Real-Time Genre Puzzle Gameplay Falling Block Puzzle Perspective Side view Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Point and Select Description Each level of this abstract puzzler challenges the player to...
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Developed by Microsoft Corporation Released Mar 18, 1992 Also For Windows Published by Microsoft Corporation Perspective Top-down Interface Point and Select Genre Puzzle Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Minesweeper is a puzzle game in which the player is presented with a board filled with mines, without knowing what fields they occupy. When the player clicks on a field a number appears on it, indicating how many mines are located in the fields nearest to it. The player then clicks on...
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Cyclops Software
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CD-ROM collection of desktop games and toys inspired by the Dilbert comic strip, for Windows 95. Developed by Cyclops Software Released 1997 Platform Windows Published by DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C., Microsoft Corporation ESRB Rating Kids to Adults Genre Action Narrative Comedy Gameplay Arcade, Artillery, Mini-Games, Platform Perspective 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Side view Misc Licensed Description This game, part of the Desktop Toys series, features characters from Scott Adams' popular...
Topic: Windows 95 CD-ROM
Platform Windows 3.x Released 1990 Published by Microsoft Corporation Perspective Top-down Pacing Meditative / Zen Genre Puzzle Gameplay Cards / Tiles, Tile Matching Puzzle Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description A popular Mahjongg adaptation, Taipei has the player attempting to find matches between the Oriental-motif patterns printed atop "free" (generally: exposed, on corners) tiles in various layered formations. Matched pairs disappear, yielding different free tiles and further...
